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Fusion or confusion? - two dinners
"a twisted kind of sense" Jay Rayner This is last night's dinner - simply called Fried beef kerala from my other The Food of ... series...
Jul 27
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Tfaya
Above is Tfaya baked chicken from Nargisse Benkabbou - now British, but born in Brussels to Moroccan born parents - chef and food...
Jun 20
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Tartiflette
"That alpine dish of tartiflette, whose layers of potatoes, onions, smoked bacon and reblochon cheese helps to thaw out skiers and...
May 19
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Onions, potatoes, carrots - comfort
"the heart-warming glow that comes from cooking cheap ingredients slowly." Nigel Slater I'm determined to be better at emptying my...
May 7
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Underused shallots
"Use shallots raw in a salad and they will sing harmoniously with your other veg; use onions when making a stew. Shallots when you...
May 4
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Nigel's leeks
"The leek is the onion's refined sister, brought here by the Romans, for the times you want the latter's silken texture but less of its...
Mar 4
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Nigel and Jonathan's onions
"There is no point in hurrying an onion – other than those you dip into batter and dunk into bubbling oil. They need time." Nigel Slater...
Nov 10, 2024
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Elizabeth vs Nigel - pastry, onions, cheese
"my favourite savoury tart. It made it's first appearance in Appetite and I make it to this day." Nigel Slater A few weeks ago now, in...
Jul 12, 2024
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Panackarty, Pan Haggerty ...
"If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers." Doug Larson I have just...
Jun 10, 2024
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Soupçons
"soupçon - a very small amount." Cambridge Dictionary In French it also means a suspicion. So let's stay French - well only in that...
May 20, 2024
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What to do with those pickled onions
"open mouth, insert pickled onion, chew" TheSkewed/Reddit commenter Well yes indeed you - well I - could just eat them. And I have to...
May 14, 2024
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M'jadrah - the smell of onions
"the dish far surpasses the sum of its parts—who knew such humble elements could taste so dynamic?" Kate Williams/Serious Eats I am...
Mar 27, 2024
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Roasting garlic and shallots
"People always seem to eat incredible amounts of this" Nigella Lawson "It's hard to imagine now, but it wasn't until the middle of the...
Mar 4, 2024
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Cutting up onions
"People who are knowledgable are said to "know their onions". It's a great phrase, yet nobody knows exactly where it comes from. It's...
Nov 22, 2023
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Write, repeat; write, repeat ... chicken and leek pie
"There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Feeling a bit uninspired - a...
Oct 3, 2023
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Venice leeks and what's for dinner tonight?
"Perhaps no one ever gets to know Venice as much as they remember her, recall her from an episode in some other dream." Marlena de Blasi...
Oct 1, 2023
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Too many onions - what to do?
"I wonder how many of you, when it comes to cooking your next meal, will start it by peeling an onion?" Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Well...
Sep 8, 2023
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The second time around
I tried to find an appropriate quote for this post, but although I found quotes about 'the second time around' they were almost all...
Aug 15, 2023
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Sage and onion
"THE TRICK: Throw the Paxo out of the window." Nigel Slater Like many British people of my age I grew up with Paxo packet stuffing, and...
Mar 27, 2023
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Pickled onions - ancient or modern?
"Pickle a big batch, put them on everything." There are the ones in the jar - brown and whole, and the ones in a dish - sliced, pink and...
Mar 23, 2023
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